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Table 6 Levels of psychological distress by type of drought exposure, stratified by rural and urban location, adjusted for confounding variables

From: The impact of drought on the association between food security and mental health in a nationally representative Australian sample

 

Psychological distress

 

Rural

Urban

Drought exposure

Mean score (SE)

Mean score difference1(SE)

P-value

Mean score (SE)

Mean score difference1(SE)

P-value

  Zero or Moderate

15.0 (0.3)

-2.8 (1.1)

0.009

15.4 (0.1)

0.6 (0.4)

0.087

  Very Dry

15.0 (0.8)

-2.8 (1.3)

0.029

15.2 (0.3)

0.4 (0.4)

0.325

  Long Dry

15.1 (0.5)

-2.7 (1.2)

0.019

15.0 (0.2)

0.38 (0.4)

0.451

  Constant Dry

15.5 (0.7)

-2.3 (1.3)

0.078

14.9 (0.5)

0.2 (0.6)

0.805

  Constant and Long Dry

17.8 (1.1)

-

-

14.8 (0.3)

-

-

  1. 1The mean score difference measures the difference in the estimated mean psychological distress score between ‘constant and long dry’ and each other drought category.
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BMC Public Health

ISSN: 1471-2458

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